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ABHI Association of British Healthcare Industries ABPI Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry ACFs Academic Clinical Fellowships ACTNoW Accelerating Clinical Trials across the Northern Way ADASS/ADSS Association of Directors of Adult Social Services ADR Adverse Drug ReactionAE Adverse Event AERC Alcohol Education and Research Council AHP Allied Health Professionals AHRC Arts and Humanities Research Council AI Adverse IncidentAIMDD Active Implantable Medical Devices Directive ALIP Assisted Living Innovation Platform AMED The Allied and Complementary Medicine Database AMRC The Association of Medical Research Charities AMS Academy of Medical Sciences APHO Association of Public Health Observatories APMS Alternative Provider Medical Services AR Adverse ReactionARCO Attributing revenue costs of externally funded non-commercial research in the NHS ARMA Association of Research Managers and Administrators ARSAC Administration for Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee AWARD All Wales Alliance for Research and Development in Health and Social Care

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BARQA British Association of Research Quality Assurance BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council BHMA British Herbal Medicines Association BIR British Institute of RadiologyBIS Department for Business Innovation and Skills BMA British Medical Association BMJ British Medical Journal BNI British Nursing Index BRC Biomedical Research Centre BRfBH Best Research for Best Health BRU Biomedical Research Unit

EBI European Bioinformatics Institute EC European CommissionECCO European CanCer Organisation ECRIN European Clinical Research Infrastructures Network eCas Electronic Commissioning and Appraisal System ECMCs Experimental Cancer Medicines Centres EEA European Economic AreaEEC European Economic CommunityELSA English Longitudinal Survey of Ageing EME Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Clinical Research Programme EMEA European Medicines Agency EORTC European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research CouncilEQUATOR Enhancing the Quality and Transparency of Health Research ERIC Ethics Research Information Catalogue ESR Electronic Staff Register ESRC Economic and Social Research Council ESTRI Electronic Standards for the Transfer of Regulatory Information EudraCT European Clinical Trials Database Eudravigilance European Database for Pharmacovigilance

LRN Local Research Networks LARIA Local Authorities Research & Intelligence AssociationLDAN Learning Difficulties and Autism Research Network Wales LHB Local Health Board LLAIS Language Awareness Infrastructure Support Service LoA Letter of AccessLREC Local Research Ethics Committee

NCB National Childrens Bureau NCI National Cancer Institute (America) NCRI National Cancer Research Institute NCRN National Cancer Research Network NCVO National Council for Voluntary Organisations NERC Natural Environment Research Council NEURODEM Dementias and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network Wales NETSCC NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies Co-ordinating Centre NHAIS National Health Applications & Infrastructure Service NHS CfH NHS Connecting for Health NIC National Innovation Centre NICE National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence NICRN Northern Ireland Clinical Research Network NIGB National Information Governance Board NIH National Institute of Health (USA) NIHR National Institute for Health Research NIHR HSR NIHR Health Service Research Programme NIHR PHR NIHR Public Health Research Programme NIHR RDS NIHR Research Design Services NIHR SDO NIHR Service Delivery and Organisation Programme NIHR TCC NIHR Trainees Co-ordinating Centre NIII National Institute for Innovation and Improvement NOCRI NIHR Office for Clinical Research InfrastructureNPCRDC National Primary Care Research and Development Centre NPSA National Patient Safety Agency NRES National Research Ethics Service NRR National Research Register NRRSC National Research Register for Social Care NRSCC NHS Research Scotland Co-ordinating Centre NSF National Service Frameworks NSPCR National School for Primary Care ResearchN-WORTH North Wales Organisation for Randomised Trials in Health

RAE Research Assessment Exercise (replaced by the REF) RCGP Royal College of General Practitioners RCM Royal College of Midwives RCN Royal College of Nursing RCP Research Capability Programme RCT Randomised Controlled TrialsREC Regional Ethics CommitteesREF Research Excellence Framework (Replaced RAE)RfPB Research for Patient Benefit Programme RGF Research Governance Framework (England) RISC Research for Innovation, Speculation and Creativity RMG/RM&G Research Management & Governance RSS Really Simple Syndication

WAG Welsh Assembly GovernmentWCTN Wales Cancer Trials NetworkWEDHS Wales Equality and Diversity in Health and Social Care Research and Support Service WERN Wales Epilepsy Research NetworkWHESS Welsh Health Economics Support Service WHO World Health OrganisationWISERD Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods WIsH Wales Innovations in HealthcareWMA World Medical Association WORD Wales Office for Research and Development for Health and Social Care

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